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with 11 votes , and Alvena Nettle with no votes at two elections . Subjoined is the list of successful and unsuccessful candidates .

SUCCESSFUL . NO . on ViVF Votes Vot 03 Tntnl List . * A 1 IE ' forward , to-tiay . Tota 1 ' 6 Tanare , Ada Blyth 838 162 1000 34 Kirke , Amy Laura 38-1 611 995 7 Gates , Annie Susannali ... ... 477 451 931 36 Lino , Amelia 198 692 890

49 * Spurr , Laura Sopbia — 890 890 9 Nichols , Annie 870 8 878 21 Peele , Eleanor Margaret 255 608 863 1 Morris , Diana Gordon 702 128 835 25 Potter , Annie 248 574 822

26 Weston , Florence ( last ) 35 784 819 8 Hughes , Rosa Marian 477 299 776 28 Carter , Ada ( last ) 211 539 750 4 Fordham , Amelia Anne ( last ) ... 323 400 723 2 Parker , Kate Louisa 178 539 717 xi uertrnoe tienneua /

siey , by a vua 44 * Mnriel Mande Violet — 667 667 50 * Wand , Ellen Amelia — 655 655 27 Cowley , Mand Mary 466 164 630 45 * Hennet , Mona Beatrice — 619 619 37 Corney , Annie Edith 190 404 594 5 Smith , Mary Mildred C 362 168 530

35 Bnsher , Lucy Jane 214 312 526 16 Moore , Emily Alice Gertrude ... 62 463 525 46 * Goddin , Minnie Constance — 518 518 19 Chrimes , Harriett 2 515 517 12 Priestley , Emily Jane 224 290 514 39 Hopkins , Florence Annie 10 501 511

40 ^ blocking , Amelia Jane — 503 503 10 Skeates , Agnes Martha 323 172 495 24 Pirklnck , Helena 23 455 478 33 Pelham , Eveline Edith 173 305 478 42 * Ru ££ , Mary Alexandra — 455 455 47 * Boyd , Kate — 441 441 43 * Bichards , Annie Louisa Powis ... — 424 424 15 ScoLt , Dorah ( last ) 217 204 421

UNSUCCESSFUL . 29 Cooper , Marion Selina 25 394 419 38 Stephenson , Lilian — 419 419 22 "Whyatt , Marion ... ... ... — 418 418 48 * YVayne , Mary Louisa — 405 405 13 Spurging , Eleanor Elizabeth ... 143 253 396

18 Reed , Bessie ... 85 232 317 14 Hood , Harriett Emily 99 184 283 32 Wright , Clarissa Elizabeth 63 154 217 1 3 Jay , Gertrude Alice 160 55 215 20 Wilton . Florrance Eliza 57 130 187

41 * Norrish , Susanna Mary — 178 178 11 Thomson , Louisa Marion ... ... 62 79 141 23 Duly , Gertrude Annie 25 91 116 31 Hill , Evolina Mary 3 8 11 30 Nettle , Alvena — — — * Indicates first application .

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THE BOYS' SCHOOL ELECTION

THE Quarterly General Court of this Institution was held at Freemasons' Hall at noon on Monday . Bro . John Symonds occupied the chair , and among those present were—Bros . J L . Hine , C . F . Maticr , Captain Wordsworth , J . Constable , J . E . Curteis , H . P . Piatt , W .

Roebuck , Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , & c , and F . Binckes Secretary . The minutes of the last Court having been read and verified , the death of the late Collector was announced amid general expressions of regret , great sympathy being felt with the family . Bro . Roebuck ' s motion

that ten instead of nine candidates be elected having been carried , and the other business , including the appointment of Scrutineers having been transacted , the Court adjourned , and the ballot was opened at one p . m . This part of the day ' s proceedings necessarily caused great excitement ,

there being sixty-six candidates for so limited a number of vacancies . In due course the poll was closed , and the result announced somewhat earlier than had been expected .

The names of the successful and unsuccessful candidates , with the votes polled for them , are appended , but , as on previous occasions , we proceed to mention any noteworthy particulars connected with the different candidates . First on the

poll comes the boy Cox , whose case has attracted such general attention and so much sympathy at this and the two last elections . It rarely happens that a boy makes eight

consecutive attempts to be admitted into an Institution ; and still more rarely that he succeeds after all . Yet so it has been iu this instance . He who stood , in April , ninth on the list of unsuccessful candidates with 551 votes to his credit ,

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now heads the list with 2 , 329 votes , his friends and supporters having by a supreme effort obtained for him on this occasion 1 , 778 additional votes , or over forty more than the total obtained by the lowest successful candidate . This , of course , shows what can be done when those who

take up a case work with a will , and the reflection necessarily occurs to us that had Cox ' s advocates displayed the same amount of energy on previous occasions , the success which has thus tardily attended their efforts would have been obtained and the benefits of this Institution

secured much earlier in a very deserving case . However , it is useless to dwell on the might-have-been ' s in certain contingencies which have not arisen . We congratulate the boy and his friends on his present success , and we hope ho will exert himself during his scholastic term , and show

that he is worthy of the benefits of which , for the next five years , he will be the fortunate recipient . As Cox hailed from Devonshire , that Province has every reason to be proud of so signal a success . Next in order is an E . Lancashire candidate , T . Herbert Waddington by name , who

was on the list for the first time in April last , and then scored 940 votes . This number was further increased by 1 , 313 votes , the total of Waddington ' s record being 2 , 253 . No . 3 is a Warwickshire lad , who obtained 249 votes at his first attempt last April , and increased that number on this

occasion to 2 , 138 , the number he polled on Monday being 1 , 889 . Nos . 4 and 5 , namely , Harry Armitage , the single W . Yorkshire candidate , and Frank Smith , who owes a divided allegiance , part to E . Lancashire and part London ,

and who obtained , therefore , support from that Province and the Metropolis , obtained respectively 2 , 119 and 2 , 097 votes . This , considering that they were new candidates , must be set down as a brilliant success . Nos . 6 and 7 are

both Londoners , Alfred Stevens and Percy Aubrey Gedge . The former had stood at two previous elections , and was onl y beaten in April by nine votes . The 518 polled on Monday added to his credit of 1 , 482 votes brought forward gave him a total of 2 , 000 . Gedge had not tried before , but

his friends worked hard and obtained 1 , 970 votes . William Stanton , who was a candidate in April and last October , had 1 , 049 votes to his credit . These were increased to 1 , 915 , and as this boy hails from two counties , namely , Dorsetshire and Gloucestershire , the honours of victory must be

apportioned between them . Shrapnel of Wilts , who was seventh on the unsuccessful list in April last with 701 votes to his credit , secured the ninth vacancy , his friends obtaining 1 , 104 votes on Monday , thus raising his total to 1 , 805 , while Johnston of Sussex , who had stood twice before ,

increased his score from 602 to 1 , 736 , and came in tenth . Johnston is , indeed , to be congratulated on his good fortune , for R . P . F . Deeley , the next in order , who must now wait till next April , and from whom , under the circumstances , we cannot withhold our sympathy , had 1 , 748 votes cast for him .

Unfortunately , a voting paper containing 61 of these had to be rejected for want of the voter ' s signature . Consequentl y , Deeley remains out in the cold for a further six months , but his prospects next April are certainly bright , as he has already 1 , 687 votes to the good . Next in order of sequence

come Shury 12 th with 1 , 655 votes , Searle 13 th with 1 , 448 votes , Dyer 14 th with 1 , 301 votes , Ceeley 15 th with 1 , 207 votes , Bingham 16 th with 1 , 023 , and Garstin 17 th with 994 votes—all these being London candidates ; Taylor , of South Africa , East Div ., with 879 votes , and Sharp , of

Bengal , with 850 votes coming next . Thenceforward , the votes rapidly diminish , ancl the last fifteen candidates have either less than 20 votes , or none at all recorded for them . Of these Cole , a candidate for tbe third , and Frost , a candidate for the second time , already had ten votes apiece , but

did not obtain further support . Thus as regards the general result , London , with twenty-two candidates , carried two ; E . Lancashire one outof four , while another hailing from both these districts also obtained a place . Devonshire and Warwickshire were succesful with one out of three ; Dorsetshire

ancl Gloucestershire carried their candidate between them , ancl the other three who were victorious came from West Yorkshire , Wilts , and Sussex . As the seven highest unsuccessful candidates were all Londoners , it must be evident that if the Lodges in the metropolis would only establish

some kind of organisation , such as Devonshire , W . Yorkshire , E . Lancashire , ancl other Provinces possess , and place over it an energetic committee , they would secure success

more frequently . We know that something of this kind is in contemplation , and , indeed , that steps are already being taken b y some of the more energetic London brethren to establish such an organisation on a firm and durable basis ;